Everything on the Internet is a LIE (except for this)
I reckon my pal Cris Shapan is a bonafide comedy genius. If he weren’t so dagblasted funny, then I honestly doubt I would laugh so…
Television
When Quentin Tarantino played an Elvis Impersonator on ‘The Golden Girls’
In 1988, before Quentin Tarantino had sold his scripts for True Romance or Natural Born Killers, leading the way to secure a deal to direct…
Revealed: David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Lemmy can’t play without the little diagrams with the dots!
In 1991 the British comedy program French and Saunders showed an amusing sketch that involved several prominent British rock musicians, including David Gilmour of Pink…
How to make an acid house classic: British doc looks at the business of Happy Mondays’ ‘Bummed’
In 1993 Steve Albini published a memorable screed with the title “The Problem with Music,” in which he detailed–in excruciating detail–how the economics of making…
Perpetually shirtless Iggy Pop annihilates an acoustic version of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ on UK TV
About a month ago I posted about a sweet grouping of appearances by Jane’s Addiction, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees and a few other notable 90s…
Perfect posters for the genius comedy-horror TV series ‘Inside No. 9’
If you aren’t already, then you really should be watching Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith‘s masterful series Inside No. 9, which is currently rolling out…
‘Storytelling Giant,’ offbeat Talking Heads video compilation from the 1980s
When MTV ran the world in the 1980s and a few years after, it was de rigueur for bands to release VHS video compilations. The…
Kate Bush’s first live appearance on American TV, 1978
Once upon a time, way back in the late seventies, Kate Bush seemed to be a regular feature on British television. Turn on some late…
The Melvins mind-melting first ever television appearance from 1995
An early shot of Washington State fuzz kings, Melvins. Sound FX was a short-lived show on the FX Network back in the mid-90s. Its greatest…
The Andy Warhol episode of ‘The Love Boat’
Jack Jones sang the theme song to The Love Boat from 1977 until 1985. Love was life’s sweetest reward; all was right with the world.…